Lee Bryant

Lee Bryant

Fort Collins, CO

Rhodes College, Arkansas State University, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont and National Park, NAU, USGS, IBP, National Park Service Sierra Nevada Inventory and Monitoring Network

M.S., Biology

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Published on Jul 25, 2020

Exciting news you want to read!!!

Quick update--CHAPTER ONE OF MY THESIS IS PUBLISHED! After two rounds of edits (the first of which was pretty rough), my manuscript "An invasive insect, hemlock woolly adelgid, indirectly impacts L...

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Published on Apr 16, 2020

Better late than never...

Wow, it has been a quick minute since I've added a new note...oops. In all this coronavirus craziness, I figured some good news was in order. It's a little late in announcing this but...I'm publish...

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Published on Jun 14, 2018

The perfect bookend

One of my favorite parts of graduate school was presenting my research at 12 different ornithological society conferences. From Washington, DC to Iguazu Falls, Argentina, to Tucson, AZ, eastern hem...

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Published on Mar 14, 2018

3 years in the making

Well guys, I did it. On March 12, 2018, I presented a public seminar and successfully defended my master's thesis! While the diploma won't come till May, I have officially 'passed' and am now a Mas...

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Published on Sep 20, 2016

Father's Day is for birds, too!

Soo...this note is 3 months overdue...but it's never too late to acknowledge how great dads are. Of my 19 banded males who successfully raised young, the #1 Dad award goes to Hopscotch. He fledged ...

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Published on May 17, 2016

Banding our first nestlings

The season is moving along and May 1 brought our first nestling banding. The process is swift and the nestlings are out of the nest for as little time as possible, I aim for 15 minutes at the most....

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Published on Apr 30, 2016

42 days of nonstop field work

Wow, so this field season has been C-R-A-Z-Y. I have a moment to breath (while the rain pours) so here is an update on the season thus far :)LOWA were first heard at Tremont on March 14. Of course,...

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Published on Feb 22, 2016

Team LOWA expands

Thanks to my amazing backers, I was able to hire a field assistant for the upcoming season--April Williamson, a Smokies area local from North Carolina! Here's a little blurb from April about her in...

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Published on Dec 10, 2015

Meet the volunteers!

Volunteers are my project's [not so] secret ingredient :) I am so grateful from the depths of my soul for the time, sweat, scrapes, and waterlogged boots these folks endure. Their energy keeps me g...

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Reply to:Cindy WuCindy Wu
Thank you Cindy! 🥰
Aug 07, 2020
Project: How does hemlock tree decline impact bird bioindicators and ecosyst...
Reply to:Sig McGaritySig McGarity
Thank you Sig :) I'm pretty excited. Hope you and Karen are doing well, and much appreciation for your alls continued support <3
Jul 25, 2020
Project: How does hemlock tree decline impact bird bioindicators and ecosyst...
Reply to:Kathy Orders LaneKathy Orders Lane
Thank you Kathy and David :) I am actually moving to Flagstaff, AZ at the end of this month! My partner in crime Jared was accepted into a graduate program at Northern Arizona University and will be starting data collection this July. I'm applying/interviewing for jobs and hopefully something tu...more
Jun 17, 2018
Project: How does hemlock tree decline impact bird bioindicators and ecosyst...
Reply to:Kathy Orders LaneKathy Orders Lane
Thank you Kathy! The grants were much needed pick-me-ups at the start of a very stressful season.
May 02, 2016
Project: How does hemlock tree decline impact bird bioindicators and ecosyst...